When the economy is tough many individuals start looking for different ways to make some extra money
. Unfortunately when the economy is down so is money. However if one decides to become creative there are many opportunities to make some extra money. For those who are handy with a sewing machine making money may be right there between your fingers.
This may be the opportune time for you to put that needle to work and make yourself a few extra dollars. It may sound a bit strange to think that starting a little business such as a sewing business would be beneficial when the economy is bad.
If you stop to think about it, people can't afford to buy new clothes as easily when things are good. Therefore they tend to repair what they have. The other thing is that they really can't afford to be taking their items out to high-profile seamstresses so they will look for someone who is within the area that might perform these services for them.
This is a business you can start with just a few dollars. The most you might want to do is run a small ad in your local paper or you could even do up some flyers and hand-deliver them yourself. The key though is to make what you are offering sound different to others.
For example instead of just running an ad saying "sewing services available" try "Second Chance Clothing Services". A title is needed to catch their attention. One of the keys to success in respect to how to make money hinges on you being reasonable.
What you want to remember is keep your prices reasonable. If your expectations are too high then individuals can go and bargain shop for the clothing rather than considering having repairs done.
If you own a sewing machine that's even better. You can expand the services you want to offer a little bit further. You could even offer to do makeovers of clothing and really get yourself your own clientele to do this for.
Making money with sewing is not a new concept. Perhaps many of you remember years back when your grandmother was looking for extra money, she would take in other peoples laundry. This is just a little bit of an extension to that type of service.
You will find that as time progresses word-of-mouth is going to help your small business grow. You can look at other ways to extend what you offer even further. Perhaps for clothing that has faded but is still in great shape you could offer dying services. Try some new ideas to change the look of specific clothing by adding adornments.
Be creative
Individuals would rather recycle their favourite clothes than go and shop at secondhand clothing stores. They just feel more attached to items that they have purchased themselves and the opportunity to be able to extend the life of some of their favorite clothing is irresistible.
You also want to remember to keep your costs down so make sure that you plan correctly. For example if you do decide to offer a dying service for clothes then you could dye several articles at one time provided they were the same colour to save on dye.